James Vela
All-Rounder – Bowling
VIC
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Warragul and District Cricket Association - Rep Teams · Hallora Cricket Club · Catani Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Proficient
41/100
Bowling
Proficient
59/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 53 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 62.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.04.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting 41 × 30% · Bowling 59 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 31). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 31 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 14 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 53 matches — 0.32 per match.
- Batting
- 1,059 runs in 48 innings, adjusted average 25.3, strike rate 62.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 51 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 53 played) — 1.13 per match at 17.4, economy 3.04, strike rate 34.5.
Fielding — imported matches (53)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1059
Runs (48 inns)
25.28
Avg (adj)
61.97
Strike rate
71
High score
7
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
51
Wickets (292.8 ov)
3.04
Economy
17.43
Average
41
Maidens
0.04
Extras / over
34.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 53 imported |
| Batting | 1059 runs in 48 inns @ 25.28 (SR 61.97) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 7×50, HS 71, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 51 wkts @ 17.43 (econ 3.04, SR 34.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-27 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 3 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.26
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match
Across 53 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 73.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 12 | 1 | 220 | 56 | 19.86 | 73.83 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 16 | 5 | 200 | 37 | 16.41 | 49.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 1 | 597 | 71 | 33.07 | 73.89 | 5 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | 3.86 | — |
| 2025/26 | 88.3 | 9 | 268 | 14 | 19.14 | 3.03 | 37.9 |
| 2024/25 | 95 | 20 | 253 | 18 | 14.06 | 2.66 | 31.7 |
| 2023/24 | 102.5 | 12 | 341 | 19 | 17.95 | 3.33 | 32.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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